Andrea Paras
Associate Professor
College of Social & Applied Human Sciences
Department of Political Science
Guelph, Ontario
aparas@uoguelph.ca
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(519) 824-4120 ext. 53501
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Dr. Paras's research makes contributions to three main areas: 1) the history and politics of international humanitarianism; 2) religion, development, and humanitarianism; and 3) intercultural studies and international education. In all of these areas, the main objective of her research is to unde...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Paras's research makes contributions to three main areas: 1) the history and politics of international humanitarianism; 2) religion, development, and humanitarianism; and 3) intercultural studies and international education. In all of these areas, the main objective of her research is to understand how different actors derive their legitimacy through languages of morality.
Paras teaches courses on world politics, human rights, religion and politics, and the politics of humanitarianism and development. She also leads the India Field School program, an intensive course on the ethics of international voluntourism that takes place in Guelph and Dharamsala, India.
She joined the University of Guelph in 2012, after spending a year as a faculty member at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She is a cross-disciplinary international relations scholar whose research contributes to political science, international development studies, history, intercultural studies, and the scholarship of learning and teaching.
She is the recipient of several teaching and research awards, including the 2016 Award for Teaching from the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph, and the 2016 Panorama Award for Outstanding International Education Program from the Canadian Bureau of International Education. Her writing has appeared in the Toronto Star and NOW Magazine, and she has also engaged in public advocacy to improve health care services for women who experience early pregnancy loss.
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Paras teaches courses on world politics, human rights, religion and politics, and the politics of humanitarianism and development. She also leads the India Field School program, an intensive course on the ethics of international voluntourism that takes place in Guelph and Dharamsala, India.
She joined the University of Guelph in 2012, after spending a year as a faculty member at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She is a cross-disciplinary international relations scholar whose research contributes to political science, international development studies, history, intercultural studies, and the scholarship of learning and teaching.
She is the recipient of several teaching and research awards, including the 2016 Award for Teaching from the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph, and the 2016 Panorama Award for Outstanding International Education Program from the Canadian Bureau of International Education. Her writing has appeared in the Toronto Star and NOW Magazine, and she has also engaged in public advocacy to improve health care services for women who experience early pregnancy loss.
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